Page 86 of The Best Friend Power Play

I've been enjoying going along with Hannah's hot girl summer list. Okay, maybe I could have done without the life drawing class, but the rest of it has been fun.

But the karaoke she's got lined up for next weekend?

Hard pass.

I'd rather let spiders crawl over my skin than get up in front of people and subject them to my terrible voice.

And because Hannah loves karaoke, she's invited a group of our friends along, so not only do I get to embarrass myself in public, I get to do it in front of a bunch of people I know.

I'm praying for a miracle to get me out of it, but I don't like my chances.

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Hannah

Since Comfort Bay doesn't have a dedicated karaoke bar—a travesty I plan on taking up at the next town meeting now that I'll have the time to attend—Bear very kindly offered up his diner for our karaoke night.

And I'm sure he did that out of the goodness of his heart, and it has nothing to do with me mentioning that Summer would be up from LA for the evening.

I've hired a karaoke machine, and since the diner has a liquor license, anyone who wants to drink can, which should help some of the more reserved amongst us loosen up a bit.

Including one of the guys currently getting us drinks from the counter.

Amiel: "She's staring at him."

Beth: "Babe, when has she stopped staring at him?"

Summer: "Who are you talking about? Evie staring at Fraser, or Hannah staring at Culver?"

Beth: "Both. They're both as bad as each other."

I turn to Amiel, Beth, and Summer. "Sorry, what? I must have zoned out there."

Beth grins wryly. "You don't say."

Summer glances over to the counter where Bear is serving Fraser, Culver, and Milo, a Swift teammate and unexpected last-minute addition—which is fine with me because there's no such thing as too many people at karaoke.

"Do you think they're talking about us?" she asks.

"They are taking an inordinately long time to get drinks," Amiel says.

We all look over, and right on cue, they all turn away.

"Yeah," I cackle. "They're talking about us."

"Hmm. Let's break this down, shall we?" Evie taps her chin a few times. "Fraser is probably telling the guys about how the stadium is coming along. Culver's probably filling them in on Hannah's hot girl summer. Bear being Bear, he's most likely gushing over Summer…"

Summer: "Excuse me?"

Beth: "Oh, come on."

Summer: "Oh, come on, what?"

Beth: "Bear has a Grand Canyon-sized crush on you."

Summer: "He does not. What makes you say that?"

Beth: "How long have you got?"

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